Indeed. I believe I read somewhere on the interwebs that this clock is
circa 1970.
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 6:27:16 AM UTC-5 Jon wrote:
> Paolo makes a great point! It'd be a cool extra talking point about the
> item if it had indeed been made during those weird 3 years when the UK
>
Paolo makes a great point! It'd be a cool extra talking point about the
item if it had indeed been made during those weird 3 years when the UK
government was running the time zone experiment.
Jon.
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 10:43:08 AM UTC+1 Paolo Cravero wrote:
> Hi.
> According to this
Hi.
According to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time ,
between "27 October 1968 and 31 October 1971" UK was on GMT+1. So,
depending on the year the clock was made, it could be correct indeed!
The same analysis should be done for Portugal, that is currently on the
same
Maybe the auction text explains why the UK is not in the GMT time zone: "It
is a special edition #01-687 and is patent pending, so I assume this is a
1st edition and #687 made." - maybe they hadn't realized the error in this
early "special edition"!? :'-) :'-)
/Martin
On Tuesday, 31 August
The drawing of time zones onto the world map is a bit uh, approximate.
They've managed to exclude the UK from the GMT zone which is a pretty
foundational problem!
Jon.
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 4:55:20 AM UTC+1 Terry Bowman wrote:
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> On Aug 30, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Terry S wrote:
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> On Aug 30, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Terry S wrote:
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> I've been watching these for years on ebay. Finally snagged one last night --
> I hope I didn't beat out one of you with my last second bid.
Mine was the third highest. I stumbled across it in a "you might also like"
section somewhere.
Now
Great catch! Looking forward to pics...
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 6:01 AM Terry S wrote:
> I've been watching these for years on ebay. Finally snagged one last night
> -- I hope I didn't beat out one of you with my last second bid.
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I've been watching these for years on ebay. Finally snagged one last night
-- I hope I didn't beat out one of you with my last second bid.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294351896097
This clock has always fascinated me. I believe it uses a mechanical clock
movement -- decidedly low tech -- gears
